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OVERVIEW OF THE LODGING INDUSTRY
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FRONT OFFICE SEMANTICS
Commercial foodservice operation:
Foodservices offered in hotels and restaurants and other organizations
whose primary financial goal involves generation of profits from the sale of food and beverage products.
Noncommercial foodservice operation:
Foodservice operation whose financial goal does not involve
generating profits from the sale of food and beverage products. Also called 
institutional foodservices
and 
on-site foodservices.
Figure 2 identifies several types of commercial foodservice businesses: hotel foodser-
vices, restaurants, caterers, retail shops, and bars and lounges.